Pushmatic panel

plesieur · February 22, 2016, 1:16pm

Don’t see these often but the home I inspected Saturday had 200 Amps coming in with a Bulldog switch. Pushmatic panel in the kitchen.

Also, the thermostat only calls for heat and the fan control is 10’ away on another wall.

Don’t know what that black knob is, I turned it but nothing happened. Don’t know if its for the interior grill but maybe. Anyone have a guess?

I was doing a work plan inspection to cost out future remodeling plans. Short and visual only inspection.

wwilson3 · February 22, 2016, 1:41pm

Breaker may be hard to get , ( Bulldog ) but i had a lot up in Canada in commercial , never had any problems with them

rcooke · February 22, 2016, 2:05pm

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wwilson3 · February 22, 2016, 2:44pm

Good info Roy , I had boxes of them before i moved gave them to a local electrician

plesieur · February 22, 2016, 4:13pm

I am keeping silent with the buyer as far as installing a new panel. I will tell him Ebay has Pushmatic breakers.

My recommendation would be get a new panel if your planning a lot of work as I doubt AFCI protection will be easy with his present arrangement.

This is a 50 year old 600K home.
Also had this…

mgoldenberg · February 22, 2016, 8:52pm

My daughter had one but had a problem having the breakers turn on/off properly. House circa 1974.
Changed it out to a GE Powermark panel.

ccurrins · February 22, 2016, 9:16pm

Here’s what I include when home is equipped with a Pushmatic.

plesieur · February 22, 2016, 11:40pm

Thanks for the help guys. Good comment Chris, if I use that I’ll sound smarter, so I think I will.